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Nutrients for Neuropathy (Numb Toes Series)

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This book, gave me the knowlege to go to my Dr and tell him I was not going to take anymore perscriptions as no matter what i had been taking, including, neurontin, messed my brain up even though it might have helped with the pain. I noticed how so many said vitamin B was such a help and I am now using vitamins to combat my problem. Thank you for putting the book together and giving us hope that we are not alone in this fight within our own bodies. The Dr's comment with a smile was"Congratulations, you've graduated! You don't need to come back for six months"

This book has a good bit of info for those who suffer from Peripheral Neuropathy. I am glad I bought the book and every new bit of information helps me cope and feel some mastery over PN. Still, it was not organized quite as accessibly as I would have liked, and it suffers from the inevitable publishing-lag when compared to information straight from the Internet on current studies and thinking on PN.

Most nutrients he mentions will help most people with PN. But there is one to beware of. Alpha lipoic acid is actually a great antioxidant and has been shown to be helpful in short term studies for PN pain. The problem is that if you have heavy metal toxicity (mercury) you need to be very very careful. ALA can definitely cross the blood brain barrier, and it can also bind to mercury, i.e., it is a chelator. If there is a lot of mercury in your body, as from mercury amalgam fillings in your teeth that are constantly releasing mercury, ALA can take more of it into your brain, and will likely bring on worsening of symptoms. To prevent this, it needs to be dosed on the chemical half life (which is 3 to 4 hours), and started at low doses. It typically doesn't make you worse until several months of use, (and this is why short term studies don't pick it up)thus it is difficult to make the connection. It happened to me, and it took me a long time to figure things out. For more info read Amalgam Illness by chemist Andrew Cutler PhD, or join the free Yahoo health discussion group frequent-dose-chelation.

This is an excellent book. The author,who has neuropathy, puts together a good listing of clinical trials involving vitamins and minerals, mostly in Europe and Asia. He successfully tries to be objective - he is not a medical person, and does not pretend to be one. Listing of clinical trial results does not take a medically trained person and so this doesn't bother me. Towards the end he does list a couple of vitamin and mineral programs that he put together as recommendations. Again, these are based on the clinical trial results.

Some more usual information for neuropathy sufferers laid out in an easy to understand and follow format. This book in the series does not have so many other personal case histories as the other two publications and was not as useful to me.

I have peripheral neuropathy in both feet due to back injuries. I can't take Neurontin (or some other meds) so was especially interested in supplements. After reading this (and doing some online research), I asked my neurologist about alpha lipoic acid. She gave me the go ahead, telling me that if I lived in most European countries, my doctor would have suggested it. (And that it couldn't do any harm.) It's gotten rid of the burning.

The book is clear and offers a balanced view: what works for some doesn't work for all. And Sennett is up front about that and the fact that he's not a doctor. Appreciated.

A great book. A must for all who have neuropathy. Very Glad I bought it. Thanks Linda

I have neuropathy as the result of an accident. I followed this regimen for six months and noticed no difference.

Book was not imformative, HUGE commercial for authur's product ~ I was disappointed ~ even had advertisement placed inside
book hawking authur's product ~ give me a break!

This book covers more options in treating Neuropathy that is very helpful. I keep going back to it in comparing vitamins and Amino Acids. Very helpful book.